Zero to Hero: Your Guide to Getting Skilled on Azure Data and AI
We are excited to highlight the Zero to Hero guide, our very own journey to help developers and engineers get started on Azure. We have a large collection of resources to help you ramp up in the cloud, and these guides curate all our best-in-class content in one place, making it easier to find and navigate. Technology is changing fast. With these guides you will ramp-up and level up your skill set to keep the upper hand in this competitive market. Our Zero to Hero guides ensure that you have a solid foundation as you begin to explore Azure.
The Zero to Hero guide will show you how to achieve expertise and prepare for certification in the following areas: data engineering, data science, artificial intelligence, and application development with MySQL. Within 4 weeks, regardless of where you are in your journey, we can propel you to the next level.
Each week you'll watch videos, learn from step-by-step training, and try skills for yourself with self-guided exercises. Don't forget to also sign up for the associated 30 days learning challenges to earn 50 percent off Microsoft certification.
Download the guides below and start learning today!
- Zero to Hero with Azure Data Engineering
- Zero to Hero with Azure Machine Learning
- Zero to Hero with Azure Artificial Intelligence
- Zero to Hero with Azure Database for MySQL
Are you a developer who builds apps with low-code techniques? Are you a solution architect defining the design and implementation of technology solutions in Azure? We have guides for you too!
Azure Skills Navigator for System Administrators and Solution Architects
Azure Skills Navigator for Developers
Published on:
Learn moreRelated posts
Setting up Power BI Version Control with Azure Dev Ops
In this blog post is a way set up version control for Power BI semantic models (and reports) using the PBIP (Power BI Project) format, Azure D...
Azure Developer CLI (azd) – March 2026: Run and Debug AI Agents Locally, GitHub Copilot Integration, & Container App Jobs
Run, invoke, and monitor AI agents locally or in Microsoft Foundry with the new azd AI agent extension commands. Plus GitHub Copilot-powered p...
Writing Azure service-related unit tests with Docker using Spring Cloud Azure
This post shows how to write Azure service-related unit tests with Docker using Spring Cloud Azure. The post Writing Azure service-related uni...
Azure SDK Release (March 2026)
Azure SDK releases every month. In this post, you find this month's highlights and release notes. The post Azure SDK Release (March 2026) appe...
Specifying client ID and secret when creating an Azure ACS principal via AppRegNew.aspx will be removed
The option to specify client ID and secret when creating Azure ACS principals will be removed. Users must adopt the system-generated client ID...
Azure Developer CLI (azd): Run and test AI agents locally with azd
New azd ai agent run and invoke commands let you start and test AI agents from your terminal—locally or in the cloud. The post Azure Developer...
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint DLP classification support for Azure RMS–protected Office documents
Microsoft Purview Endpoint DLP will soon classify Azure RMS–protected Office documents, enabling consistent DLP policy enforcement on encrypte...
Introducing the Azure Cosmos DB Plugin for Cursor
We’re excited to announce the Cursor plugin for Azure Cosmos DB bringing AI-powered database expertise, best practices guidance, and liv...